In Brief

January 22, 1990

Diane Carter has been named senior associate with the tax department of Coopers & Lybrand, certified public accountants in Newport News. She most recently served as a tax manager for a Peninsula accounting firm. Katherine Hampton has been named an associate in the department. Immediately prior to this position, she served as a tax preparer in West Germany. In the general practice department, Laurie Atwell has been promoted to senior associate.

Brett D. Petit has been appointed general sales manager for Busch Gardens, The Old Country in Williamsburg. Since 1986, he has served as a group sales representative for Busch Gardens Tampa. Prior to that, he held positions in special events and food service.

William J. Hollaran Jr. has been appointed executive director of the newly created SmallBusiness Devel opment Center of Hampton Roads Inc. The center, scheduled to begin operation this spring with offices on the Peninsula and Southside, will provide counseling and training services as well as act as an informaton clearing house and resource center for existing small businesses in 10 cities and seven counties throughout southeastern Virginia. Holloran was prevously director of the Norfolk division of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce for two years before being transferred to the Virginia Beach post. Prior to joining the Chamber in 1986, he was with The Atlantic Group in Norfolk for eight years.

The program is a regional cooperative venture between the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and Thomas Nelson Community College with additional financing and support being provided by the Virginia Peninsula, the Williamsburg Area and the Gloucester Chambers of Commerce, and various educational institutions and local governments throughout the Greater Hampton Roads area, along with the Virginia Department of Economic Development.

Kimberly A. "Kim" Langen has been named vice president and designer of K & L Fashions in Newport News. She is a May graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond with a B.F.A. in fashion design. Kim received a Critic's Choice Award while in college and was selected to represent the school in the New York competition and later to repre sent the United States in Paris, France for the Concours International des Juenes Createurs de Mode. She worked for a brief time in New York and has returned to Newport News to work on her Fall 1990 Fashion Collection. 599-6023.

E. Wayne Mortimer has been named an associate member of Washington Design Group Ltd. in Norfolk. He is a registered architect in Virginia and a member of the American Institute of Architects. Prior to his advancement, he was a project engineer with the firm.

Patti Wainger has joined Nancy Davenport Enterprises Ltd. of Newport News as a publicist and account executive. She was formerly employed with the Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star as carrier relations manager.

Odette A. Seekamp has been promoted to public affairs assistant with BASF Corp. Fibers Division in Williamsburg. She joined the company in 1984 as senior secretary for the distribution and traffic department and transferred to the public affairs department in 1986.

Connie Wilsterman has been promoted to senior account exective at the Norfolk office of Lawler Ballard Inc. She joined the company in 1986 as public relations coordinator and was subsequently promoted to account executive responsible for several of the agency's larger accounts.